The EarthBeats Festival

All proceeds from The EarthBeats Festival benefit Statewide Organizing for Community eMpowerment (SOCM). SOCM is a member-run organization that encourages civic involvement and collective action so that the people of Tennessee have a greater voice in determining their future. The mission of SOCM is to empower Tennesseans to protect, defend, and improve the quality of life in their communities acro

ss the state. SOCM is working for social, economic, and environmental justice for all. We are committed to the journey of becoming an anti-racist organization. Recognizing our interdependence, SOCM is committed to overcoming social and institutional racism and embracing our diverse cultures. For more information: http://www.socm.org http://earthbeatsfestival.brownpapertickets.com/

The 2013 EarthBeats Festival is a TWO DAY (Sept 13th & 14th), community-voice & sound themed event, that's centered around this year's EB FEST theme:

"Celebrating the Rhythm of Life & Story". We have invited a wide array of talented performers and speakers from within the Knoxville Area, the south east, and abroad, to truly help shape this experience to it's fullest potential. Spectators can expect to bare witness to some amazingly epic drum circles, dynamic band-line ups the like's to which Knoxville is yet to experience on ONE STAGE, masterful hoop dance/play, insightful workshops, great food, poetry, & storytelling by some of the best our city has to offer! With so much going on this year, we've organized the show line ups and days into a few live show categories: EB SPEAKS, EB TEACH, EB MAIN STAGE


More information can be found (and TBA) on the website:
www.earthbeatsfestival.com